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<p>Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. In the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly occurs as a metastatic deposit, which is usually diagnosed at autopsy. We have described a 74- year-old woman with secondary deposits in the stomach. Manifested with nonspecific symptoms such as the palpatory painful tenderness of the epigastrium, anemia, high sedimentation and low serum iron. Fecal occult blood test was positive. Esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy was done and she was seen polypoid resizing of 60 x 30 mm with uneven edges. A pathological finding of biopsy shows existence malignant melanoma in the mucosa of the stomach.</p>
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Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. In the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly occurs as a metastatic deposit, which is usually diagnosed at autopsy. We have described a 74- year-old woman with secondary deposits in the stomach. Manifested with nonspecific symptoms such as the palpatory painful tenderness of the epigastrium, anemia, high sedimentation and low serum iron. Fecal occult blood test was positive. Esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy was done and she was seen polypoid resizing of 60 x 30 mm with uneven edges. A pathological finding of biopsy shows existence malignant melanoma in the mucosa of the stomach.

Secondary Malignant Stomach Melanoma

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. In the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly occurs as a metastatic deposit, which is usually diagnosed at...

Secondary Malignant Stomach Melanoma

Published Online: Apr 15, 2023

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Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Mar 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0005

Keywords
Malignant melanoma, stomach, secondary deposit

© 2023 Jelena Zivic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Secondary Malignant Stomach Melanoma

Published Online: Apr 15, 2023

Page range: -

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Mar 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0005

KeywordsMalignant melanoma, stomach, secondary deposit

© 2023 Jelena Zivic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Malignant melanoma, stomach, secondary deposit